Breakout Artist of the Year – Tesla Coils

Tesla Cøils is one of the City’s most unique acts. In fact, I’d hazard a guess that we’ve never seen an act here defy so many odds – stylistically, conceptually and artistically – not in recent decades, anyway. In 2016, this humble duo released their debut visual five-track EP Emergence of the Cosmic Monolith, performed at BIGSOUND and won the Hard Rock Rising competition. Both performing in other bands, the duo has successfully gathered a local following of like-minded fans in the Gold Coast and Brisbane area – not an easy feat especially in the Gold Coast, which is renowned for its laid-back acoustic and pop-rock acts, and not its left-field experimental and dark musical genres. Tesla Cøils is recognisable as one of the Gold Coast’s most unique and eccentric live and recording acts.